Pope Francis will visit Monday to apologize for abuses in a system designed to sever Native children from their tribal, family and religious bonds.
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A Canadian man shot and killed 22 people. Three of his guns came from Maine.
The Canadian Mass Casualty Commission, charged with examining the shooting, released a detailed firearms report last week.
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Twenty-seven Romanians turned back after illegally crossing into Maine
It wasn’t immediately clear why the group tried to illegally cross the U.S. border from Canada.
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Canadian lawmakers extend emergency powers for truck protests
The act lets authorities declare no-go zones, allows police to freeze truckers’ bank accounts and compels companies to tow away vehicles.
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Canadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers
Busloads of police arrived near Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, and workers put up extra fences around government buildings.
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Search ends for survivors from sunken Spanish fishing vessel off Newfoundland
Twelve crew members are still missing after the vessel went down in rough seas.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
How American cash for Canada protests could sway U.S. politics
Midterm elections are looming in the U.S., and some Republicans think standing with the disruptive protesters up north will galvanize fundraising and voter turnout at home, analysts say.
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Death toll rises to 9 in fishing disaster off Newfoundland
Teams searched about 900 nautical square miles around the site, but high winds and over 30-foot seas impeded the effort amid dwindling hopes of finding any of the 12 missing sailors.
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Tensions mount in Ottawa as police warn truckers protesting COVID-19 rules to leave
Other demonstrators abandoned their sole remaining truck blockade along the U.S. border, opening all crossings for the first time in 2 weeks.
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Ottawa’s police chief ousted as a result of COVID-19 truck protest in Canada
Elsewhere in Canada, vehicles rolled out of a southern Alberta town and ended a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing into Montana for more than 2 weeks.